NOVEL NEXT Chapter 660
Huh… Huh… Huh…
It was a dawn where I couldn’t sleep from the sniffling noises.
“I can’t help it, sob… I have no experience to draw from, so what do you want me to do…”
The words that were buried under the blanket reached my ears, riding on the waves of aura.
‘Cheon Saetbyeol?’
Has she ever cried like that before?
I can’t really recall, except maybe when she first came into this world.
Feeling a tightness in my chest, I gripped my fleece pajamas tightly.
The crying quickly stopped as I turned in my bed.
The regular sniffles resumed, and outside the window, a Eurasian owl matched the sad accompaniment.
*
[NoName, likely head coach for Luxembourg’s Magic Battle team… “How far will the butterfly effect of the Magic Alliance reach?”]
(NoName – Guillaume V handshake scene.jpg)
There are even rumors that NoName is aiming for Janjeol in Luxembourg ㄷㄷ
[Comments]
– NoName with a 7 consecutive national exchange tournament victories!!!
– I know Na-me is the cute merchant, but why the 5th? Isn’t he 10 years old now?
└ This is legit Na-me’s peak lol
└ Is this real or just trolling?
└ Guillaume V is the name of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, dude;;
– If we lose Janjeol, ㄷㄷ
└ From that point on, it’s just the start of a lost century
– Switzerland losing again today
└ Seriously, if Na-me had taken 500 billion back then,
└ Who would’ve thought it was a 99% discount, lol?
*
[NoName to the Republic of Korea ← No more than a school bully’s plaything]
The school bully got paired with the nerd during class allocation (NoName was born in hell too)
She wanted to live quietly in the new semester, but the nerd keeps talking (politicians keep bothering Na-me)
Before long, scary friends started gathering, and she naturally ignored the nerd (Switzerland and the United States were bombarding with love calls)
In the meantime, she started dating the school’s top dog (acquired American nationality)
Using the nerd under the pretense of playing hard to get (participating in the national exchange tournament with Korean nationality and presenting human transmutation)
Whenever the toy didn’t satisfy her, she’d beat it once in a while (calling the President ×2, summoning the National Tax Service and prosecutors)
Switched to a wealthy young master with substance (rumors about Luxembourg’s coach)
Just golden Na-me itself, lol
[Comments]
– Golden Na-me hahaha
– Crazy, Golden Na-me, lol
– Oh snap, I just realized Ijo-won and Ahn Ho-kyun have both met her
– The bully did take care of the nerd decently, but wasn’t the nerd being a pain in the ass for knowing her place?
└ LOL
└ The facts are, she wrote “orphan kid” on the bully’s desk (stateless) and framed him for stealing class funds (National Tax Service audit), while spilling tea about him to other bullies (treated like a potential murderer).
└ Wow~~~
└ Honestly, at this point, he’s a real piece of work, lol
└ School bully (top of the class)
– Honestly, we should be grateful that Golden Na-me organized a 100,000-seat fan meeting for us
└ Invitation to the bully’s graduation party ㄷㄷ
└ This is no longer just the bully; she’s everyone’s bestie, lol
*
[Golden Na-me ← The sound just feels wrong…]
I now wish Na-me would slam down on Korea more, rant at it, and make her unable to show her face anywhere.
No one can take away the privilege of being NoName’s toy.
[Comments]
– Ugh, I feel sick…
– (Matakke Na-me.jpg)
– Even Na-me can’t handle this one;;
– A 10-year-old can say things like that, lol
– I’ll file a lawsuit against everyone, just you wait, pdf saved!
*
[NoName breaks records live at the Nobel Prize ceremony]
(Ah, Na-me.mp4)
(Shy Na-me.mp4)
Everyone watches with honey-dripping expressions, lol
(NoName_Earth Creation.jpg)
Someone even made a meme while we were at it.
[Comments]
– Wow, flipping it at a 90-degree angle looks super cool
– The triple Nobel Prize on March 1st is seriously unprecedentedㅠㅠㅠ
– Honestly, I thought her receiving the Nobel Peace Prize today was a stretch, but it wasn’t
└ Absolutely not. 3 million deaths in a decade from the Nigerian Civil War and 400,000 in Somalia over 3 years.
└ It’s tough to even get news about the situation in Africa. I just found out.
└ Don’t fight, just dream ← Why does this resonate?
*
[NoName’s Instagram, Nobel Prize! ]
(Na-me biting three Nobel medals.jpg)
But she bit down too hard, leaving tooth marks, lol
[Comments]
– 1 billion
– 2 billion
– 5 billion
– 10 trillion
– 3.5 trillion
– Just ignore them up top; they’re just acting crazy
– What’s going on? Is this a charity auction? lol
*
[NoName]
[Just Chatting – Norway Day 1 – Aurland]
[Broadcast Time – 0:30:01]
[Number of Viewers – 248,931]
“Hello, I am NoName. I forgot to greet you on March 1st the day before yesterday. Yesterday, we moved from Sweden to Norway. We have just arrived at the Stegastein viewpoint in Norway, and you can see the view of the Aurland Fjord from here.”
I turned the camera around.
Above was a blue sky, flanked by steep cliffs, a deep and clear sapphire fjord.
“Whew. Ha-ah… Just looking at it makes me feel calm and peaceful, doesn’t it?”
[‘navnernavnnavn’ donated 12,600 won!]
– Turn the camera back right now. If not, I’ll give you a kiss.
“Looks like you guys don’t feel the same. Beeeh.”
I came all the way here to share this beautiful scenery, yet…
I guess I should avoid eye contact with those annoying viewers for a while.
“Bye bye, NoName!”
“Bye!”
“Hahaha!”
I waved goodbye to the tourists I trekked with.
[Hey, let me make the reservation this time.]
“Really? Can you handle it alone?”
[I’m a dragon.]
So, what does booking a yacht have to do with being a dragon?
I nodded and decided to wait with Saetbyeol in the yacht shop lobby.
“Saetbyeol, cocoa?”
“N-no… I’ll just take one bite of what you tell me to.”
“What are you staring at so hard?”
Cheon Saetbyeol had been struggling with a book for days.
“Just an acting training manual. Ugh… Honestly, I don’t understand any of it. Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!”
“Why? What’s wrong?”
Suddenly, Cheon Saetbyeol turned pale and puffed up her cheeks.
As I opened the window for her, she leaned out and shouted,
“Wahhhh!!! I don’t understand a thing!!!”
Gonnaaaahhhh!!!
Goooahhhh!!!
In a place without mountains, such an echo?
It was truly a screaming sound.
A tourist who had been napping under a newspaper was startled and fell from their recliner.
“Huff huff huff.”
“Whoa, I thought you were about to hurl.”
“Wow, this is so frustrating. I’ve never felt this frustrated in my life.”
Her antics had the viewers gasping.
– What’s Adella doing, lol???
– Trolling mode ON
– Feels like watching my beagle at home, lol
– Beagles don’t bark like that, stop badmouthing them, no no
– Why is your voice so loud, lol???
“Is my voice loud?”
“I practiced vocalization at the academy. That’s not the problem right now!”
“Then what is?”
“You must quickly explain what it means to visualize a virtual body, sis. Hurryy!”
Saetbyeol was dancing in place like a dog that had to go out.
So, the reason Cheon Saetbyeol cried yesterday was purely because of her worries about acting?
“You can just understand it literally, you know?”
According to Wittgenstein, language reflects the world while also serving as a means of contemplation.
From what I see, it looks like a book written by an expert; if an expert said it, it must be right to understand it literally.
“Doesn’t that mean I’m being told to overlay the character I’m acting onto my own body?”
“No, that’s a bit different.”
“Aaaaah, then how is it different? You’re saying the same thing as the academy instructor, you’re irritating!”
“Irritating?”
“Aah, never mind… Please teach me, dear onee-sama…”
[Reservation confirmed.]
At the right moment, Luri handed over the receipt.
“Let’s go then. Hand me the book; I’ll read it on the way.”
“Okay, here.”
The lady leaving the shop kicked the butt of the man snoozing on the hammock.
That was the man who fell from the recliner earlier. I thought he was a tourist, but it turned out he was the owner here.
“Are you going to smoke in front of the kids? Are you crazy?”
The man trudged to the yacht, having his pipe tobacco confiscated by his wife.
Somehow, it felt like an uneasy journey ahead.
“Wowwww!”
“This is nice, right? Good choice.”
Hehe.
Seeing a yacht that was fancier than I imagined chased away my worries.
“Need a guide?”
“No thanks. We’re just going to leisurely browse the scenery.”
“Yes, then let’s go, ladies.”
The fjord, an ancient canyon carved by massive glaciers.
Cold streams flowed over as the acting lessons unfolded.
*
“What’s the schedule for the entrance exams?”
“Practical? Each school varies a little; the first round is mid-September, and the second is at the end of October.”
“Ah, I see.”
“Do you get it at all? The book is really complicated. I know what it’s saying, but teaching this way means there’s something wrong, right?”
“That might be the case, or maybe not.”
“What’s with that vague way of speaking…”
Shwaaarrrk-
I closed the book.
“Here, they mentioned the metaphor of a light bulb specifically, but in the end, this is no different from the basic elements of PMAAS that I mentioned.”
“What does that mean?”
“If I put it very simply, it means to practice acting hard. This book is almost in an introductory level.”
Actors inevitably fall under the influence of capitalism.
A film director can’t call cut dozens or hundreds of times, and stage directors can’t wait for the director forever.
Finding the optimal emotion in the shortest time with a limited script is the actor’s role.
It’s the same for any profession.
Just like playing the piano only by glancing at the sheet music, dancing by just looking at the choreography, copying the swordplay by replaying it.
You had no choice but to keep practicing until your brain and body changed.
Whooooooosh-
As the yacht changed direction, the cold wind brushed against my cheek.
I came down to the lower deck and stood in front of Saetbyeol.
“The phrase ‘visualizing a virtual body’ isn’t too hard. I’ll explain why it’s different from just mimicking physical appearance. Look here. Let’s say I’m acting as an old man.”
I slowly demonstrated the process step by step.
I slightly hunched my back, my knees bending less when I walked, and my hands trembled weakly as I picked things up.
I recreated it flawlessly, without a hitch.
Such acting could only emerge from a perfect understanding of joint movement morphology and anatomy.
– Wow, lol
– Every motion is on another level ㄷㄷㄷ
– Incredible, NoName, lol
– Did you forget that Na-me won the Cannes Advertising Festival Film category?
– That’s the director’s achievement.
– If it weren’t for Na-me, it wouldn’t have been won.
“But this is wrong. No one acts like this. Who does that?”
– ???
– ?
– Viewers crying
– I thought I was complimenting you?
Most actors, or rather, almost all of them, will act much better than this.
“Don’t aim to simply depict the exterior. For example, think about this old man shouldering the weight of his life. Then he would feel that weight on his back and shoulders, right? That weight will pull me down.”
It isn’t just about adopting a slumped posture.
The negative energy of everyone who envied me, the slander, schemes, and all the hindrances to my life—
All of that acts together to drag me into an abyss.
“Maybe the trembling hands reflect the emotional scars or memories that this old man has experienced. Like gently closing the eyes of a comrade who died in battle.”
The feeling of devastation from having to close my master’s eyes myself.
“Or maybe because I have to step over the corpses lying in the grass.”
Given the situation of having to walk over the bodies of the children at the orphanage killed by the demon beasts.
All those things were being recreated on the yacht at the fjord.
I then slowly walked forward, holding a steaming cup of cocoa.
“Haha, so, how is it? With this, I don’t even have to try specifically. All the habits of the old man you think of naturally sink into this body, right?”
As I smiled, my dimples quivered.
“Our brains are more amazing than you’d think, right? It’s just like an AI search engine that figures things out once you patch the code together roughly.”
My eyelids felt heavy, and my arms were still trembling, making it hard to hold the cup steadily.
“It’ll take a little time, but… Hah…”
In the end, I could only take one sip of the cocoa before putting it back down on the table.
“Ah…”
Cheon Saetbyeol stood there, frozen like a statue, motionless for quite some time.
“There’s a wall—this is a wall I didn’t want to know…”
Already giving up was…
“Just because I can do it doesn’t mean you can’t.”